A solicitor was due to appear in court today in connection with an alleged £325,000 Legal Aid fraud over a period of three years.
John Tate, 50, of Mayberry Grove, Middlesbrough was due before Newcastle magistrates charged with 81 counts of dishonesty relating to 27 alleged frauds.
He faces 27 charges each of forgery, false accounting and dishonestly obtaining money.
He also faces a composite charge that between December 1996 and December 1999 he dishonestly obtained £325,000 from the Legal Aid Board.
No pleas were entered at a hearing last month when he was placed on unconditional bail.
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